Diskless rocks for making appliances. I have rock solid raspberry pi based micro-sd based services because of this - diskless mode keeps the sd writes to a minimum. unplug the power at will? sure, go for it.
Isn't this... kind of having your cake and eating it too? With RAM being so generous these days (especially compared to Alpine's memory requirements) wouldn't it make sense to run this way all the time on a desktop?
But we NEED JavaScript on the desktop!
> It is similar to what other linux distributions may call a "frugal" install or boot using a "toram" option.
Indeed. For instance AntiX turns Debian into a speed demon, that way. But much more refined.
> Proudly anti-fascist "antiX Magic" in an environment suitable for old and new computers.
AntiX looks like a cool project, but the one place I don't want to see any kind of politics is in my OS [1]. I don't want my distro taking a stance on Israel vs Palestine, or Ukraine vs Russia, for example.
I never noticed any politricks while using it :-)
I remember Mastodon [1] was this free, open source social media network for micro blogging, which was against censorship and centralisation. Slowly but surely, the politics of the people developing the system became clear. They actively banned Gab [2], an otherwise compatible network, on the basis of politics.
I am extremely hesitant to get involved in these "with us or against us" projects.
It seems a lot less political than the codes of conduct that most large FOSS projects have. Its also not specific to any particular culture as those often are. Its not taking a stance on any specific issue such as those you mentioned.
Its just saying "anti-fascist" which is a pretty uncontroversial thing to say. I am pretty sure the vast majority of people are opposed to fascism.
The problem is that "anti-fascist" has been co-opted by Antifa [1] which have been designated as a terrorist organisation [2].
I think if it was "anti-communist"/"anti-marxist" it would be equally not appropriate for an OS.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifa_(United_States)
[2] https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/desi...
> I am pretty sure the vast majority of people are opposed to fascism.
Looking at current day politics of most western countries, I'm not so sure about that anymore. Most people are only opposed to being labeled as such while supporting fascist politics
You could say that supporting Open Source is a strong moral, ethical, and perhaps political position. The same could be said for someone's position on Fascism.
That being said, is there something there beyond the one statement in the homepage headline?
> You could say that supporting Open Source is a strong moral, ethical, and perhaps political position.
Yes, and positions against encryption or censorship could be considered political. But I don't want my OS to take a stance on wars, gender, and anything else not related to the code.